Vocab Words
Official permission to form a colony
King James granted the Virginia Company a Royal ___
to start a colony in Virginia
Charter
These people came from England to escape religious persecution. They founded Massachusetts as well
The Puritans
This middle colony, founded by a Quaker, would be known for its religious freedom, quality, and diverse population
Pennsylvania
These group of people taught the Pilgrims and the Jamestown colonists how to farm, helping them survive the initial years
Native Americans
The Great Awakening preaching personal faith inspires this sentiment that will eventually lead to the revolution
self-government or independence
Being discriminated against for their belief in something
Pilgrims left England because they being ___ for their beliefs
Persecution
It is for these two reasons why New England was terrible for farming
Rocky soil and harsh winters
The New Netherlands, founded to make money, would come under this new name after the British force Peter Stuyvesant to surrender the colony in order to get in on the profits
New York
James Oglethorpe wanted Georgia to be a refuge and a new start for this group of people
We adopted these principles of English Government
Representative government and the protection of rights
Contract to work as a servant/slave for a time
Georgia hoped to attract many indebted people to work as ____ servants in exchange for eventual freedom and work
Indentured
Roger Williams would found this state, banished from Massachusetts and buying the land from the native people to establish religious freedom.
Rhode Island
Give me this nickname of the Middle Colonies, coming as a result of the mass amounts of grain and food stuffs produced in the region
The Breadbasket Colonies
Cash crop like indigo and rice drove the economy of this colony
Carolina (North and South Carolina)
Making it a crime to teach one to read and permission to kill an escape one of these are just some of the provisions for this set of laws, governing the treatment and the punishment of enslaved people
The Slave Codes
A land grant given to colonists
In Virginia, the Virginia Company offered a ___ of 50 acres to people willing to move to the New World
Headright
This man founded Connecticut, fleeing the religious persecution of Massachusetts
Thomas Hooker
The biggest in the colonies and where most trade went in and out of
Philadelphia and New York City
The Virginia Colony, reliant on tobacco, was founded for this reason
To make profit/money
The Magna Carta was an important document because it affirmed that people had these
Personal and legal rights
A legislative representative
Male landowners in Virginia were able to elect representatives to the Virginia House of ____
Burgess/es
Thomas Hooker would write this foundational document, considered the oldest constitution in America
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This can be used to describe the population of the Middle colonies, especially Pennsylvania
Ethnically diverse
This policy of William Berkeley was the catalyst for the Bacon Rebellion
Prohibition of expansion into native territory
These two are seen as important steps towards the founding of a democratic government
The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses